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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
SOMEBODY BLUNDERED.

An Accident on the Chicago & Alton Re
suits ia Heavy Loss OF Life.
CHICAGO, July 27.-An Inter Ocean special
from Bloomington, H., says a construction
train Of the Chicago & Alton, on which were
nearly 100 laborers, was run into at $3.50 p.
m. to-day by freight train No. IA of that
road and the result was a dreadful smashup
with serious loss of life. The freight train
was bound for Kansas City and met the con
struction train on the bridge near Hopedale,
twenty-five miles from Bloomington. The
following were killed on the construction
train:
Morton Dunzeth, water carrier, of Della
van, Ill.
James Brown, of Hopedale, III.
Frank Drake, Petersburg, Ill.
Blanc BarrOid, Ashland, Ill.
James Kellogg, residence unknown.
The wounded were:
Aug. Kadel, Bloomington, H., shoulder
broken.
John Eli, Hopedale. Ill, left leg broken
and foot mashed.
Samuel Anderson, leg anputated.
W. Kinney, Ialluia, H., head bruised.
Sherman Atkins, HOpedale, leg hurt.
Thomas havanaugh, road master Chicago
q Alton, leg and ankle strained.
Frank Holmes, engineer of the freight
train, Bloomington, arm broken.
Thomas De Long, brakeman, bOCy hurt.
Fireman Maher, of the freight, slightly
hurt.
The dead and wounded were taken to
HOpedale. The responsibility for the acct
dent has not been located.
A special from Pekin, H., says: Ten
dead bodies have been taken
from the wreck of the construction
train, and eight men are unaccounted
for. 1t is supposed that the
missing men are dead in the wreck, IL
which case the number of dead Is eighteen,
with the probability that the list Will be
swelled to twenty-five by the death of thoss
supposed to be fatally hurt.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
NEGRO SUPERSTITION.
Queer Religious Excitement Among
Georgia DarLies.

queer Religious excitement Among
Georgia Darkies.
ATLANTA GA, July 28.-There is q little
coIOred church on the Green's Ferry road
leading ont from Atlanta, midway between
the Chattahoochis river and Saltwater
creek, the congregation of which is now in g
perturbed condition, The church sets back
from the road about 200 yards IN a native
forest grove, with paths running out from It
in all directions to the various settlements
around. The brethren are Primitive Bap-
fists, greatly interested in the5true mode of
entering the water, and Jealous for the
washing of feet.
Lately there has sprung mp in this congre-
cation powerful eZhOFter named Simon
Brown. One day, two weeks ago, Simon,
who is an industrious farmer, was in the
field wedding the cotton, when all of a sud
den the scripturaI injunction, seek, and yo
shall find, 3" tOok complete possession Of him.
That night he could not get wink of sleep
for thinking Of it, and next day, which was
fOOt-washing day at the little church, he ap-
peared there bearing very solemn look.
He announced that he had a very important
message to deliver; that Christ had COM
manded sinners to seek and they should find;
that search should be instituted to the aban-
dOnment of every other duty.
While he was speaking the Governors
HOzae Guards, Of Atlanta, passed by on their
way TO Camp Grady, IN Douglas county.
The sight of armed men on horseback, so
unexpected and never witnessed there be-
fore, had a thrilling effect on the worship
pers. Brown referred to it as a divine man
Hesitation, and urged his hearers to seek at
once and not to stop until they had found
the pearl of great price. For ten days the
members of that congregation have left
plOWs idle and houses empty, walking around
and looking into hidden places for the treas
ure. Efforts have been made by the farm
ers who need the work of these people to get
them TO return, but it is useless. They de-
clare that unless they find religion they will
be lost, and that the only way to ind 1t is to
look for it without ceasing.
The women are wilder than the men. They
20 down In old wells and fish around to see
what is IN the bottom; they turn over stones
and logs, look under houses, and even dur
ing the long hours of the night strange ny
ures carrying lanterns can be seen moving
about IN the forest which fringe5 ChattahoO
chic, looking for the unique object Of then
search.
Brown is looked upon as an oracle, and
every evening about shutdown the supersti-
tious people gather about him and listen to
his latest revelations. Yesterday one of the
white citizens threatened to have Brown
tried for iunacy, with the result of nearly
losing his life. The maddened worship ers
declared that he was an agent Of the devil,
who sought to destroy the prophets faith.
There appears to be no diminutiOn Of their
zeal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
CHICAGO BOODLERz

A Witness Tells How He Found Their
POekets---Bribery From the Word Go.
CHICAGO, July 26.-The usual crowd was
present in Judge Jamison's court this morn
ing when the proceedings in the Doodle
case was resumed. One Of the witnesses to-
day was f. w. Bipper, meat contractor.
Bipper testified that he had been supplying
Cook county institutions with meat. The
second year he was obliged to pay the com
missioners $1,000 for the contract. The
next year he paid the chairman Of the board
$500 for voting for his contract.
Now, for the year 1888, what did it cot
youg' asked General Stiles.
'1s5iL thousand dollars"
Did you pay Nasserman any Of itI''
81 did"
Did you pay P. AIcCarty?''
Il did, $1,000. paid him nothing the
year before, and he said he wouldn't vote for
me- unless made 1t up next year"
Did Van Pelt get anyI"
Yes; 1900. He said he was working
harder for me than any Of the others. He
was a champion. He said he was offered
$1,000 from another man
How about Lynut'
u paid him $1,000"
How did you pay this money!"
sob, ] slipped 1t into their pockets"
They used to wear sack coats, didn't
they?"
81 don't know about that. always found
the pocket" Laughter.
In 1884 and 1885 the contracts cost Bipper
$4,000.
Bipper further tsstifes that during 1885
he acted as agent for the commissioners to
collect assessments from sub contractors who
supplied milk and bread. Money from this
source was discussed thus: To Neisssn, $500;
TO Mcdonald, S435; to Leyden, 'tfor the
boys" 81, 200; to Klehn, $500; TO Nc
COughery, $500.
Bipper said the grocery firm for whom he
secured the contract, paid him 10 per cent
Of all sales tO'the county.
Commissioner Mcdonald and Elisha Rob
inson, a wholesals grocer, each of whom
turned states evidence, were the next wit
nesses. Mcdonald has always passed as a re-
form member of the county board, but had
not taken the oath of Office sixty days when
/ he commenced receiving money for his vote.
/ The evidence of Mcdonald involved Com
missiOners Wrenn, Wasserman, Van Pelt
/ Ochs and Mccarthy in similar practices.
Robinson gave a list Of the enormous sums
/ he had paid in brides from month to month
| for years. Until 1885 he gave regularly 10 per
/ cent on all sales. Then the rate was in
! creased to u per cent. until the county be-
came unable to cash any more warrants.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
Grover Keenlns COOL.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 29.-For the
first time during the week there was no
business at the White house to-day which
made 1t necessary for the president to come
his country home, Oak View, where
the temperature Is lower than at the White
house and where he viii be more cOmforta-
BILE than is possible at the official residence.
The president viii remain at Oak View
pretty much all the time until he starts on
his western trip. He may come
into the city once or twice a
week to attend cabinet meetings
but it is not believed that these meetings
VIII be continued during the summer. Tel
egrams wero resolved to-day that a commit
tee of citizens of st. Paul had been appoint
ed TO proceed to Washington
to invite the president to Wis
it them on his trip. They viii reach him
this evening and it is more than probable
that he Will request the committees to aban-
don thier proposed trip to Washington.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
Al ~ PecnIiar CIaim

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The secretary of
the interior to-day denied the claim of Vim.
Hedgeapeth, eL-priyate IN the FOFty-secOnd
Indiana Volunteers. The case is an uncOm-
mon one and has been the subject of much
discussion by the pension officials. Hedge
apeth was captured in 1868 and confined
as prisoner at AndersOnyille.
After remaining IN captivity i've months
he enlisted in the confederate army 10 es-
cape starvation and so informed his fellow
prisoners, and that at the first opportunity he
would desert and if possible make his way
back into his old command. After a short
service in the confederate army
he carried out his intention and
finally reached his old regiment, in which he
served until discharged some years ago.
Hedgeapeth applied for a pension On the
ground of disability contracted in the con-
federate service. This fact was fully sus-
tanned. The law provides that no person
who aided the enemies of the government
in the late war shall be permitted to draw a
pension. Hedgeapeth's brief connection
with the cOnfederacy made him amenable
to the law. His motive, 1t is said, cannot be
taken into consideration. Opinions by the
dozen, some faVOTing him and others ad-
Versely, have been written on the case by the
different officials Of the interior department.
At last, after the lapse of years, 1t reached
the secretary of the interior for final action.
The papers in the case. which are very vOlu-
minOus, include a strong protest against the
payment of the pension by Commissioners
Black.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
A LEAVENVVORTH BANK PRESIDENT
TAKES A VACATION.


An Examination OF His Accounts show a
Heavy Defleit-Another Man who Learned
too Late that the Festive Wheat Deal
Was Loaded.
LEAvESwOETH, KAN, July 27.-Considera-
bic excitement was Occasioned this morning
when, shortly before 10 O'Clock, the Citizens
Savings bank closed its doors. A large crowd
soon gathered in front of the building, and
directly word was passed around
that the president of the institution,
R. P. Clement, was a defauIter In a Iarge
amount and had absconded. Subsequent
developments confirmed the rumOr. Glenn
ent left town Sunday night, Ostensibly for
st. Louis, on business connected with the
bank, no one ever dreaming that anything
was wrong until yesterday, when
W. B. Slosson, one of the banks
directors, in examining the rec
Ords ia the county recorders Office,
noticed that large amount of real estate
in the city belonging to Clement, had been
transferred TO his lClement's) brother-in-
law one Cheney. Mr.. SlOssOn suspected
something wrong, and when later IN the
day he confronted Cheney, the latter
confessed that Clement had absconded-
A meeting of some OF the directors and an
attorney was called and the conference
lasted far into the night. Meantime the
/ large discrepancies discovered. 1t was de
! yelopeo that Clement left d letter in the
hands of his brOther-iE-laW for the direct
ors, in which he confessed TO the
defalcatiOn, attribuhng his downfall
TO speculation in wheat and other
ventures in which he had lost upwards of
| $4,000. 1t Is said that this afternoon
| Cheney made a complete transfer Of
! Clements real estate in favor of the bank
amounting in ali to about OOOO.
/ This transfer was obtained through the
/ efforts Of Nice-Presideut q. w. Mickis
and w. b. SlOssOn. The full amount
| of the defalcatiOn Is unknown. but it is var
/ lously estimated from $4,000 TO 5O,OO0.
/ This afternoon notice was posted that the
| bank had made an assignment for the ben
| ant of its creditors and John Wilson made
! the temporary assignee. The local stock
/ holders are among our Wealthiest citi-
/ Zens. The directors say that depOsitOrs viii
| be paid in full. The aggregate amount
of deposits and liabilities are
about 100000. The directors claim that
| they have discovered about $4,000 in cash
[ and securities remaining in the bank and
/ expect to ind more. Sixty thousand dol
I lars of the stock was held by parties in New
| York and Boston, and about $1,000 of the
/ stock was held by Mr.. Clement and MIR.
| Stone, and the balance by the directors in
/ this city. Clement Is supposed TO be III
I Canada.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
The PTesidenf5s InVitation.

WASHINGTON, July 2S.-The president to-
dav received a telegram from Senator Har-
ris. saying that a committee of 100 citizens
of Memphis were coming to invite the presl-
dent to visit that city during his trip The
president replied to Senator Harris to pre-
vent any. movement of the sort, if pOssiblei
that while he will be pleased to see the
people of Tennessee at the capitol
he thinks they ought to be
SHARED long journey to
washington during the heated term on a
mission of this sort when a written invita-
tion would be as effective and as much ap-
preciated. A similar answer viii be sent tC
other western cities where arrangements are
being made to send committees to Wash
ington. 1t Is stated at the White house that
the president Will give the same cOnsidera-
ton to all invitations received by mail az
those given by committees.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
MARKET REPORTS.

Kansas City Grain and Produce Market.
KANSAS CITY, July 80. 1ss7.u
Live Stock Indicator reports:
tLOUR-Very duh. Nothing except in mix ID
Quot tons are for established brans in car
49Ls per AH4I barrel In sacks follows AA. 75=
81 S9stl 81. From city mills 25c higher.
WHEAI-heceipts Ct regular elevator I3, $50
last report 4I44 bushels; withdraw s. since
bushels, leaving stock in store as reported TO the
board of trade To-day 121,7t9.
The MAJ ket on change was dull.
No. z rel winter-Cash, B4c bid, Csc asked;
July, 64c bid, 64llo asked; August, 10 cars at
CORN Receipts at regular elevators since
last reports, LOO bushels and Withdrawals $500
bushels leaving stock in store as reported TO the
board Of trade to-day, I42 "a bushels.
Ihs market on change was stron ger,
2 cash, SIZE. bid s2sli July, Size bid,
September, d33aC asked: the year, 500
bq; az az, sc; May, s05te bid, Sc asked ID.
June % bids. 24Jzc asked: July, 212fc bid, 22A C
asked; August. no bids. 2I5sc asked: septem bsr,
cars az pc Rei5l ted cash, lsc bid,
RYE-No. . cash, car acc; July 4Ik
45c asked August 4O59c bid, 4AgEc asked
cash, no b d nor offerings.
POULThY-Liye-S Spring chioEens. 81 7599
Us OLD hens, g 75u 90; roostsrss 81 1892 90.
Ices Plenty and dull at Sc
BJIIEh-Eirun, Creamery, fancy, 20cs good
l5e. me dan 3, l5c; store pa-kedi L1al-c;
HAY-Firm- s. 5Oas 90; OId-Fancy
small ua4 o. d al1 large uszleQs $ w.
GIL CAhE-Per 100 lbs, sacked. 81 %; 81 90
per ton free on board cars. Car lots SD 20 per
ton.
CORN MEAL-Green, 75e; dried, soc; chop
yellow d2c bulk: 67c sacked
SKIPPING STUEF-Bulz- 53855c.
ELAASEED-8jc
BkAN-Bulk. $50, sacked, Csc.
CAS- OR BEANS-SI D.
HIDES-Dry flint, No. ], per pound, 12cs No.
2, 1u.s dry flint and stays, I0cs dry sailed,
No. /, lie; No. ., Sc; green sailed. No i. 75zc;
No ., 6c green s8lted bull and stag. 55scs green,
UuGule4 no. ]. 0-nCs No. ~ utaCs CALI
sheep elts. dried, 96l1c per 1b.
WeOl-Alissouu unWashsd, heavy, fine 16e1
lScs il ht nne. 15c; medium, 22lI2Scs medium
com bling, pa 24o; CoErse combing. 2O92lc; low
and carpet. 154I7c Kansas and Nebraska, heavy
tub washed, choice medium, 81 85c5 ire, ssS5cs
dingy ana low. l791e.
ChEEEE-We quote: Full cream, I0c
fats. 90; Young America. 111sc; Kansas l0c.
BROOM CORN-Quotations; Hurl. 1Ucs self
working, 697; common. SC. crooked 8h84c.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

Reports from Riley and Ottawa counties are
that the corn crop in those counties is a
failure. The above report does not give the
acreage compared with that of last year, but
from the information Obtainable in the form
of supplemental answers, it is safe to say
the acreage of 1887 has been increased 50
per cent. over that of 1856. Quite a large
number of reports say most Of the corn Is
already matured and a little very late corn
might be benefited by rain. The
returns, so far as received, are mostly from
the eastern part of the state and plainly IL
dictate that the crop this year in that section
viii exceed the average total yield by hun
dreds of thousands of bushels. The extreme
eastern and southeastern portions of the
state have been specially favored with enor-
nous crops. The returns, although incOm-
plete as yet, show there viii be plenty of
corn in this state, and that Kansas this year
VIII ship out of her borders hundreds of
thousands Of bushels.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
LEAvENwoRTHssE SECOND SENSATION

Colonel ID. r. Anthony Cowldded by a
Member Of the Whisky Gang.
LEAvEsJwORrH KAN, July 2z.-The culIni-
nation of a conspiracy upon the part of the
administration ring and the agitators OF the
whisky alliance that has been planned for
some time resulted to-day in an attack upon
D. R. Anthony, editor of the Times, by W. Il.
Bond, the prime mover IN erecent boycott
Bond met Anthony on the street about
1 O'Clock this afternoon and failing IN anat-
tempt to incite an attack upon AnthOuy's
struck the latter several blows. This Is the
elimination of several attempts to mclte
personal encounters with Mr.. An
thony, but which have so far re-
suited In nothing serious. Anthony
has been threatened bodily harm repeatedly.
In several instances his life has been threat
ened. Mr.. Anthony stated this evening that
the attack upon him to- day, in ms opinion,
was made with the idea of prompting him
to violent resistance, that a precOncerted
plan to take his life might be
attempted. In fact, Bond was over
heard to remark after the
attack to-day that ''By God, if
they couldn't stop him (AnthOny) in any
other way. they would kill him. The trOu-
ole Is an OutgrOWth OF the fight that Mr.. An
thony has made for the enforcement Of the
prohibitory law, and the attack was but an
Outburst of the rage OF the leaders of the
whisky gang, that his fight for the law haz
been successful.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

BOSTON, July 29-The directors Of the
AtchisOn, Topeka Il Santa Fe road held a
issue Of 100000 coo of stock. A circular
VIII be issued tomorrow offering to stock
holders the right to take this new
stock at par. The proportion
viii be about 10 shares of new stock to every
100 shares of old stock. OF this amount,
(S1O.O00.OOO) about $7.OOO.OOO viii be de
voted to purchases of railway stock and
needed equipment. Accompanying the
announcement of these rights Is an intima-
ton or promise thar an increased dividend
VIII be made. Beginning with the November
dividend, the rate Will be Z per cent. The
directors have called a special meeting Of
the stockholders of the company for Sep
tenber at Topeka to vote upon the above
matters.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

MILWAUKEE, July 26.-Albert Chapman,
an old acquaintance of McGarigIe, says he
saw the fugitive in the st. Paul depot here
Sunday morning. At this time Chapman
was not aware of AIcGarigle's escape. Il. j.
heard two rough looking men talking about
a man who was passing. One of them said
it was ''McGarigle, the boss bOodler." Mr..
Hadley's curiosity was excited and he fol
lowed McGarigls down the platform.
''Wheu he perceived 1 was watching him be
turned around and walked toward me, eye
ing me in a very embarrassing way.
turned away. His walking back was a
nerVy blur. ] was too much annoyed TO see
what train he took, % said Hadley. Later
adyicss confirm the impression prevailing
in Milwaukee that the Chicago fugitive
crossed the border late Monday night and
is now in Manitoba.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 29.-T. G.
Plat, president of the United States EX-
press company, informs the interstate com
merce commission that that company viii
gladly avail itself of the permission of the
commission TO present the reason why 1t
cOncelVes that express companies are not
subject to the provisions Of the interstate
commerce act. W. II. Trego, general man
ager of the Baltimore q Ohio express,
says his company has entertained the
view that it was subject
to the provision of the act and does not de
sire to be heard It desires, however, to
await the result of the hearing given to 9TH
er companies and the decision of the COM
mission upon the point, before taking any
definite steps under the law. Mr.. William
B. Chandler general manager of the Erie
express, notified the commission that his
company voluntarily comes under the rul-
ings Of the commission and that its schedules
are in prOcess OF preparation.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 28.-The first
arrest under what is known as the Edmunds
or Utah anti-pOlygamy law passed at the
last session of congress was made this al
ternoOn and a naval officer, Past Assistant
Surgeon VIM. H. Crawford, in charge of the
naval hospital IN East Washington, is
charged with improper intercourse
with Eva White, the l3-year-
old daughter of DR.. White, q
a well known and respectable chirOpOdist OF
this city. The law under which the arrest
was made provides that if an unmarried
man or woman commit tOrn1catOns he
shall be punished by imprisonment not ex-
cssding SIX months or by a fine not exceed
ing 81 900. Judge Montgomery, Of the dis
trict supreme court, has held that the law Is
in force in the District Of Columbia.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

SPRINGFIELD, o., July 27.-Wilhcm n.
White ey, receiver for the insolvent firm OF
Whitley, Fassler d Kelley, brought suit
against Jerome Fassler, a prominent mem
Der Of the firm, for So, %. The petition
claims that the money is due as follows:
81, 900 for railroad bonds purchased from
the firm by Fassler In 1880; SIS, 900 for a
piece Of city property purchased by defend
ant IN 1881; S49, 225 money advanced to de
PENDANT as shown by cash book. jerome
Eassler IS an eccentric individual, who Is
trying to build a subterranean arcade under
Broadway, New York.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
The CoIored Mems Convention,

HUTCHINSON, KAN, July 29.-The eolored
mems convention closed here tonight after
two days enthusiastic meeting. The re-
port of the industrial committee showed that
there were 157, 600 acres of land owned by
cOiored persons IN southern Kan
sass valued with the city
property at S2,1S0,O00. The COMMITTEES
On the political situation recommends a
thorough organization of the colOred men.
A poll Of the delegates, eighty IN number,
representing fifteen counties, stood on pres
idential preference IN the following order.
Blaine, Lincoln and Sherman. The prssi-
dent, AIbery A. Whitman, the great colOred
poet, made an eloquent speech for Sherman.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06
A Terrible Wreck.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, July 28.-News has
Just been received of terrible accident on
the Atlantic g. Pacific road. At 10 O'Clock
Wednesday evening, as the west bound
freight was approaching Francani
station, near Needles, the engine
plunged at full speed into an arroyo, the
freight cars piled mp on top of the engine,
making terrible wreck. The fireman, named
Sparks, was instantly killed. j. Riley en-
gineer, and George Gibson, brakeman
we're fatally injured. To add to the terror,
the wrecked cars caught fire and burned
The loss TO the company Is $4,000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-08-06

LOUISVILLE, KY, July 29-Uuited States
Marshal Goss returned from Taylor county
to-nlght,WheTe he went with mandate from a
federal court to collect railroad tax The
marshal, although boycotted by the people
of the county. succeeded in making several
hund ed levies. He reports il tough work.
The citizens put every obstacle in his way,
One man who was about to pay his taxes was
rumOred to have been lynched and others
have been threatened. The goods have not
been sold yet and doubtless viii have to be
shipped out Of the county before purchasers
can be found